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MisterE
climber
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Sep 11, 2013 - 01:17am PT
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Bump for Hard and Slow
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Sep 11, 2013 - 01:29am PT
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with a highly coveted Brutus post included! noyce!
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Lambone
Big Wall climber
Ashland, Or
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Sep 11, 2013 - 01:30am PT
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It's crazy that I remember this thread from 7 years ago...
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Sep 11, 2013 - 05:45am PT
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Pete, could you drop a few more names in your posts. We didn't get enough spray in our face.
Thanks
Ha ha ha... Please see the thread where he's trolling for partners. We are reminded that it's his 50th wall.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Sep 11, 2013 - 07:51am PT
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I think when the Wings of Steel boys put up Ring of Fire, the record was set. Not sure of the number of days. They were on the wall the whole time, no trips to the ground. Their shitshow of gear was 5-10x anything I've seen Pete hauling. I know Tom has pix, it was 1996 or so.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Sep 11, 2013 - 07:51am PT
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Not fiftieth wall - fiftieth different El Cap route. ;) Still trolling.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 11, 2013 - 10:49am PT
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The slow must go on...
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Sep 11, 2013 - 11:01am PT
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For somebody who should know better, I did an astonishingly slow ascent of the Nose. I hadn't climbed a pitch in seven years, grabbed my brother in law, and aided every inch.
It was tons of fun. We had a blast and had the route all to ourselves until Camp 5 where we got passed.
It took longer than I care to admit, but we did it. I had never done the Nose, and now I think it is one of the most beautiful climbs on Earth. The buttress sweeping below you is an incredible sight.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 11, 2013 - 11:05am PT
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TRIVIA! While the Nose was off limits to him, Harding did the East Face of the Washington Column - now called Astroman.
This is hardly trivial. It's old news.
El Cap is able to climb at the rate of 4/4,555ths of a mile in ten seconds in a mass...but never chooses to do so. He starts falling apart if he tries, so he just sets there, all the while being annoyed with seasonal infestations of ape mites.
Base 104, The Salathe has a better down-view, IMO, but this is based on photos from the Nose vs. experience on the Salathe. Glad to know you got to tickle the Nose, though.--Jess Sayin
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Barbarian
climber
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Sep 11, 2013 - 11:22am PT
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Based on my current climbing speed and fitness level I'd shatter the El Cap slow record. I'm getting more and more tempted to do it Base-style.
And they though Harding was causing a traffic jam!
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Sep 11, 2013 - 11:58am PT
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Nothing wrong with a fat lazy accent of ElCap, but most any climber can do that. It sure ain't proud.
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Sep 11, 2013 - 12:03pm PT
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Nothing wrong with a fat lazy accent of ElCap, but most any climber can do that. It sure ain't proud.
Yeah, but 99.9% of El Cap ascents are nothing new. Who cares on something that is, and never will be, earth shattering.
I've sat on a ledge for a whole day doing basically nothing.
I also bivied on the East Butt of El Cap once. The guy I was taking up it wanted to bivy on a "wall." It was great fun. We had a little radio and listened to a world series game.
Then we took the fast way down. This guy wanted to climb and jump El Cap, but had done little climbing. It was a hoot. There is some ledge up there that is really big and comfy.
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
sawatch choss
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Sep 11, 2013 - 12:39pm PT
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"I love being on El Cap
It's like being in heaven
Going fast is dumb
Stupid humans always in a hurry !"
Nice Werner!
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Sep 11, 2013 - 01:09pm PT
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Did Chongo ever finish the Sea?
What season was that? '99? 2000? Somewhere around there. He had his shitshow hanging about 6 pitches up all season. No idea if he ever finished, or removed it, or someone else cut it loose. It was hanging for months at least.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Sep 11, 2013 - 01:09pm PT
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I did a continuous ascent of E Butt of El Cap over 3 days (2 bivies) if you count the bivy on East Ledges descent.
That was after a time I did it ~6 hrs.
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elcap-pics
Big Wall climber
Crestline CA
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Sep 11, 2013 - 03:11pm PT
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I think the gallego brothers put in one at 52 days... not sure.
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Sep 11, 2013 - 05:29pm PT
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I learned to nail from this guy who was a compulsive neatness and efficiency guy. That meant that we could do Zodiac with 2 bivies back in the dark ages when it was all nailing. He wouldn't even take a camera. Those lessons served me well later on, in the mountains where going fast makes things much safer.
I would love to tell the story of him teaching me how to crap in a bag..and failing...but it is a little crude even for this place.
The SS would also be fun to do with a bivy on the flying buttress, but taking a small pack would be a drag in the chimneys. The RNWF is like that as well.
I'm not talking about doing full on hard El Cap routes in leisure style, but I did spend an entire day warming my hands on El Cap once. We were freezing our asses off. I would say who cares, but El Cap is so crowded now.
Imagine the early eighties and having the entire right side of El Cap to yourself...in season. It happened. We were filthy pigs, though. I'm glad that that changed..
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Sep 11, 2013 - 05:34pm PT
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slowest continuous El Cap climb was 27 days, Harding and Caldwell 1970
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ec
climber
ca
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Sep 11, 2013 - 05:37pm PT
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The one when you are NOT having a jolly good time...
 ec
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Lambone
Big Wall climber
Ashland, Or
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Sep 12, 2013 - 01:37am PT
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Elcapinyoazz, Chongo never blasted on the Sea, though his bags hung at the start of Hook or Book for 8 or so months.
I'm guessing hardmen Dave Turner and Mike Ousley could very well be up there in the top 10. Both of them have (or had) an affinity for a nice casual solo.
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